Huge leap to contactless payments in past three years
Figures from Lloyds Bank have shown how Covid-19 changed the way people make face-to-face payments, with almost 90% now contactless. According to the numbers from the UK bank, 65%...
New connectivity options driven by low Earth orbit satellites
At the turn of the century, an in-orbit satellite would have cost more than $17m. These same capabilities can now be put into the same orbit for $200,000. Satellites...
Qualcomm announces Meta partnership as it stakes out connected future
In the first keynote at IFA as the technology show returned after three years, Qualcomm president and CEO Cristiano Amon plotted the course the chip giant will take as...
Energie AG, Austria lights up optical transport network
Having recently announced success in the US and across Latin America, Nokia has now picked up a European deal for its range of optical networking services. It has been...
HMRC to review how IR35 works in practice following PAC criticism
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will review the IR35 off-payroll working legislation in response to the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) claims there are “structural problems” that need addressing in terms...
Actors behind PyPI supply chain attack have been active since late 2021
The official software repository for the Python language, Python Package Index (PyPI), has been targeted in a complex supply chain attack that appears to have successfully poisoned at least two...
How to create an e-commerce content strategy to improve sales
Content drives business online, resulting in likes, shares and sales. But content that drives buying behavior requires an e-commerce content strategy. With a properly designed content strategy, an e-commerce...
Major shift detected in smart home technology deployment
The past year or so has seen businesses adapt to post-pandemic hybrid working, with knowledge workers gradually returning to the office after almost exclusively working from home for many...
Oracle Red Bull Racing gets into gear with Zoom to power team unified communications
Oracle Red Bull Racing has brought Zoom Video Communications on board for an innovation partnership in a bid to improve off-track communications activities. Since its inception, Oracle Red Bull...
No GPUs for you: US blocks sales of AI chips to China and Russia
Enlarge / The Nvidia logo superimposed over China's flag.Benj Edwards / Nvidia In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last Friday, Nvidia reported that US government officials have ordered restrictions on...